Legal Opinion

Meissner v. State

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided September 7, 1943No. 37612Published

1Opinion of the Court

BARRETT, C.

In this reassigned cause Ida I. McKinney, a widow without children, disposed of a large estate by will. Her brother, George N. Meissner, who was a beneficiary, was also designated the executor of her will and the trustee of two trusts created by the will. One of the trusts was of the sum of $75,000.00 for the benefit of two children and a grandchild of a deceased brother and was terminable on the death of the survivor, at which time the trust was to be distributed among the deceased brother’s descendants, and if there were none to become A part of the residuary estate. This trust…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. In Re the Estate of GihonNew York Court of Appeals · 1902
  2. Estate of Bernays v. MajorSupreme Court of Missouri · 1939
  3. Loud v. St. Louis Union Trust Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1926
  4. In Re Estate of Rosing v. State of Mo.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1935
  5. Hibbard v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1927

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